St. Benedict ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the Rural Municipality of Three Lakes No. 400 and Census Division No. 15. Located in the Carlton Trail Region of the province, it is north of the City of Humboldt off

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. The village was founded by German immigrants in the first decades of the 20th century. The

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church in St. Benedict contains works by the artist

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History

St. Benedict incorporated as a village on January 1, 1964.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, St. Benedict had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of St. Benedict recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

External links

Map of St. Benedict at Statcan

References

Villages in Saskatchewan Three Lakes No. 400, Saskatchewan Division No. 15, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision15-geo-stub